The prince and the king first had a friendly reminiscence about the past. Judging from the expressions of the two of them, it seems that they are really a pair of good brothers who love each other.
The ministers saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King Dai talking and laughing, and they stood aside and laughed with them.
The atmosphere was harmonious and friendly.
Zhao Yao felt the harmonious atmosphere of the scene and sighed in his heart: Everyone is a human being, and everyone can act. None of the actors who often sing on stage know how to act.
After reminiscing about old times, the prince remembered that he had come with an imperial edict. He took the imperial edict from Lu Cong, and everyone knelt down.
The content of the imperial edict is very simple. In summary, it praises the performance of King Dai in this great victory in Liangzhou. He did not let Emperor Zhou Wu count on him, and he was worthy of being the son of Emperor Zhou Wu.
After reading the imperial edict, the prince personally reached out to support the king and handed the imperial edict to the king.
"Second brother, my father is very happy that you have put down the chaos in Liangzhou this time."
Dai Wang smiled and said: "This is what I should do."
"Second brother, if it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid the capital would be in danger." The prince's expression was very sincere, and his tone was very sincere, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid..." At this point, the prince paused, and he started to speak. He turned around and said with gratitude, "Second brother, thanks to you in the past few years, if you hadn't been out to quell the chaos, there would be no peace now. It's you who have allowed the people to live a stable life. Big brother is really grateful to you."
After hearing these words, King Dai quickly said: "Brother, you are too serious. I just did what I should do." Although King Dai said so modestly, he really thought so in his heart. Of course, he didn't believe that the prince would sincerely thank him.
"You have done enough in the past few years. Compared to you, I, as the eldest brother, have done too little. I am not as good as you." The prince said, with a happy smile on his face, "Fortunately, I have you. A brave and capable younger brother. Second brother, I am really proud of you."
What the prince said was very true. However, Dai Wang didn't believe a word of it.
"Brother, these are what I should do." Although King Dai didn't believe every word the prince said, he was still very proud when he heard what the prince said.
King Dai was too lazy to talk to the prince anymore and turned his attention to the ninth prince who was standing aside and looking at him eagerly. He waved to the Ninth Prince: "Ninth Brother, come here."
The Ninth Prince ran towards King Dai with a face full of joy. King Dai bent down and hugged the Ninth Prince.
"Brother, you are finally back. I miss you so much."
King Dai rubbed the Ninth Prince's head and said with a smile on his face: "You have grown taller and stronger. It seems that you had a good meal during the few months I was away."
The prince stood aside and watched the interaction between the king and the ninth prince with gentle eyes. Then, he waved to the third prince and the others.
The third prince and the others came over and greeted the king one by one.
For younger brothers like the third prince, the king did not look down upon them. Of course, they had no brotherly feelings with the third prince. In his heart, he only has one biological brother, the Ninth Prince, and the others are outsiders.
The king paid very perfunctory attention to his brothers, and then asked the prince if he could return to the palace now.
The prince asked Dai Wang not to be in a hurry, and then ordered Lu Cong to bring the wine. He personally poured three bowls of wine for King Dai, and then poured wine for himself.
He picked up a bowl of wine and handed it to King Dai: "Second brother, you must drink three bowls of wine before entering the capital. You won't forget this rule, right?"
"I didn't forget." King Dai took the wine handed to him by the prince with one hand.
The prince raised his wine bowl, smiled and said to the king: "Second brother, let me toast you first."
The king raised his wine bowl and touched it with the wine bowl in the prince's hand, "Thank you, brother."
"This is your first glass of wine. As the eldest brother, I will take a cup of Qiao and toast you in my name. I hope you won't dislike it."
"What did you say, eldest brother? This is my honor as a younger brother."
"Okay, drink!"
The brothers raised their glasses together, and soon the bowl of wine was bottomed out.
The prince picked up the second bowl of wine and handed it to the king, "This second bowl of wine, I respect you on behalf of all your lords."
"Thank you, brother."
The prince picked up the third bowl of wine and handed it to the king, "This last bowl of wine, I salute you on behalf of the people, and thank you for this great hero on behalf of the people. Because of you, the people can live a stable life without having to live like before. In that way, families were destroyed, wives and children were separated."
When Marquis Xuanping heard the prince's words, his eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper. He wanted to speak out to refute the prince, and also wanted to remind the king not to follow the prince's words, but this was not the occasion for him to speak. I can only watch helplessly as the prince puts high hat on the acting king again and again.
Of course, Dai Wang didn't realize that the prince had been giving him a high hat. He just felt that the prince was putting on a show in front of the officials.
"Thank you, brother."
The prince personally served three bowls of wine, and then it was the third prince's turn.
The third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince, the seventh prince and the eighth prince all only offered a bowl of wine to the king. And Zhao Yao is too young. After all, he is only six years old and can't drink yet. So he offered tea instead of wine to the king. If he were allowed to finish a bowl of wine, he would definitely pass out.
The ministers don't need to toast, because the prince just toasted for them. However, at tomorrow's dinner, the ministers will propose a toast to the acting king.
The prince led the princes to toast the king and took a black cloak from Lu Cong's hand. This cloak was awarded to King Dai by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty.
The cloak is embroidered with auspicious clouds and a four-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread. The golden dragon soars above the auspicious clouds, with the aura of swallowing up mountains and rivers.
"This is the cloak that my father gave you. I will tie it on for you." After the prince finished speaking, he put the cloak on the king himself.
The king did not refuse, nor did he lower his head or bend down to let the prince tie the cloak on him. He straightened his back, looked at the prince levelly, and said indifferently, "Thank you, brother."
Many ministers saw this scene and whispered.
Seeing this, Marquis Xuanping felt that it was inappropriate for Dai Wang to do this, but he understood Dai Wang's temper. Even if he asked Dai Wang to pay attention, Dai Wang would not bow or bend to the prince.
In fact, it can be seen from the way the king saluted the prince that he did not respect the prince as a minister, because every time he saluted the prince, his head was raised high and his back was straight.
The prince didn't seem to notice the rude behavior of the king. After tying the cloak on the king, he patted his shoulder affectionately.
"Second brother, let's go back to the palace. Father is still waiting."
"yes, Sir."
The prince waved to the third prince and the others, beckoning them to mount their horses. He just turned around and left Dai Wang, and when he was about to mount his horse, Dai Wang beat him to it and got on his own horse first.
Many ministers looked dissatisfied when they saw this scene.
Censor Zhongcheng frowned tightly, his face looking very ugly.
Dai Wang is really too arrogant.
The prince didn't seem to notice, there was still a warm smile on his lips. After he got on the horse, he waved to King Dai, "Second brother, let's walk side by side."
Lu Cong said hurriedly: "Your Highness, this is against the rules..." Before he finished speaking, he was looked at coldly by the prince.
"Now my identity is not the prince, but the eldest brother. Don't say too much."
Lu Cong said respectfully: "Yes, Your Highness."
"Second brother, let's go together."
"Since the eldest brother said so, I would rather obey your orders than I am respectful." King Dai accepted the prince's proposal without any politeness, and swaggered to ride in front of him side by side with the prince.
When Zhao Yao saw this scene, he thought to himself: Does the second brother really not know, or does he not care?
The third prince and the fifth prince pretended to have seen nothing. The fourth prince frowned, while the eighth prince had a calm expression.
The prince was riding a horse and talking to the king with a smile.
Although the king didn't want to deal with the hypocritical prince, he had to deal with it.
When I rode into the capital, I saw people kneeling on both sides of the road.
At this time, the prince stopped the horse, then he raised one of King Dai's hands and introduced to the people loudly: "Everyone, this is my second brother, King Dai. It was he who pacified Liangzhou. of the rebels, let us welcome back our great hero."
The people immediately shouted loudly: "Great hero! Acting king!"
I don't know who shouted, "The king is a thousand years old!", and then the people all shouted.
The cry "The King is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old" was very loud and resounded throughout the capital.
